Advanced Search Beta »
Basic Search Fields
Syndromes and a Century
Metascore
71 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 7 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
view
per page
  1. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Noel Murray
    83
    These moments, enjoyable and arcane, may not add up to a masterpiece. But they're uniquely Weerasethakul's.
  2. Salon.com
    Reviewed by: Stephanie Zacharek
    80
    As human beings, we're geared to desire an actual plot in our movies, and I regret to inform you that nothing really happens in Syndromes and a Century -- and yet the experience of the movie is all about the NOT happening.
  3. New York Post
    Reviewed by: V.A. Musetto
    75
    Strictly for art-house types, particularly those familiar with the director, who makes no concessions to mainstream audiences. You have to abandon any preconceived notions about movies and allow your mind to be seduced by the mystifying, occasionally humorous world of a one-of-a-kind filmmaker. You might even find yourself becoming a fan.
  4. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: John DeFore
    70
    An artful experiment that's imposingly cryptic but comes from a respected filmmaker, it should appeal to its art house niche.
  5. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: A.O. Scott
    70
    Syndromes and a Century, like its curious title, has the logic of a dream, a piece of music or perhaps a John Ashbery poem. Its coherence is evident; it is too lovely and lucid to be frustrating or dull. But it takes place just on the other side of conscious apprehension.
  6. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: J. Hoberman
    60
    Syndromes and a Century, which was commissioned by the New Crowned Hope festival to commemorate the 250th anniversary of Mozart's birth, is a movie of long serene takes and gentle absurdities.
  7. Variety
    Reviewed by: Leslie Felperin
    60
    By the end, nothing much has happened, but all the same, picture casts a witchy kind of spell with its deep-breath pacing and undertow of unspecified malaise.
prev next
Page:
  • 1